Google says Android Oreo is smarter when it comes to
letting apps run in the background, reducing the amount of power and memory they use up and leaving more for you to utilize in the tasks you're currently performing.
Not exact matches
Some
apps have internal settings that
let you turn off notifications or other «features» that automatically check things for you, which means they keep
running in the
background.
That's not too shabby for installing an
app on your phone and
letting it
run in the
background.
Or
let someone snoop (anonymously) on how you use your phone;
apps like Smart Panel
run in the
background, keeping an eye on how you navigate around, and you earn a few bucks
in return.
If Apple doesn't want to allow you to completely remove
apps from your phone, there's nothing to suggest it can't at least provide a «disable» function similar to what Android allows to at least
let you hide certain
apps from your launcher and prevent them from
running in the
background.
That much memory results
in a superfast phone that
lets you switch between
apps like lightning, even if you have 15 or 20 of them
running in the
background.
The OnePlus 5's extra memory also
lets you
run more
apps in the
background.
Android 8.1 is also bringing some nice quality of life changes like displaying Bluetooth battery levels and
letting you disable those annoying «
Apps running in the
background» messages.